Using Modeling and Simulation to Study Photon Number Splitting Attacks

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 4; pp. 2188 - 2197
• Main Authors: Mailloux, Logan O., Hodson, Douglas D., Grimaila, Michael R., Engle, Ryan D., Mclaughlin, Colin V., Baumgartner, Gerald B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2016; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Bit error rate; Cryptography; Decoy State Protocol; Eavesdropping; Gain measurment; Keying; Modelling; Photon number splitting; Photon Number Splitting Attack; Photonics; Photons; Protocols; Quantum cryptography; Quantum Key Distribution; Quantum mechanics; Qubits (quantum computing); Splitting; photon number splitting attack; Quantum key distribution; decoy state protocol

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is an innovative technology, which exploits the laws of quantum mechanics to generate and distribute unconditionally secure shared cryptographic keying material between two geographically separated parties. The unique nature of QKD that ensures eavesdropping on the key...